Reclaiming-bucket.



J. F. GODFREY.

RECLAIMING BUCKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. 1918- Patented J an. 28, 1919.

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unrran srnrns JOHN E. GODFREY, F ELKHART, INDIANA.

RECLAIMING-BUCKET.

Application filed May 23, 1918.

Improvements in Reclaiming-Buckets, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements inv buckets and more especiallyto reclaiming buckets designed for use in moving coal, and

, the like, in connection with an overhead carrier and cable system.

An object of my invention is the production of a bucket of the characterdescribed which is a combination scraper and hoisting bucket. Anotherobject of the invention is the production of a bucket which can bereadily dumped at any desired point along the line of an overheadcarrier system. Other objects of my invention are described herein.

The invention is well illustrated in the accompanying drawing in whichFigure 1 is a rear elevation of the bucket; Fig. 2 is a side elevationthereof; Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof; Fig. 4: is an enlargedfragment showing the connection between the coupler bar and couplerlink; and Fig. 5 is a view showing the bucket in various positions, bothas a scraper and hoisting bucket.

Similar characters of reference indicate like members and parts ofmembers throughout the several views on the drawing.

The details of the drawing show that numeral 1 indicates the reclaimingbucket generally, which is composed of a somewhat inclined rear wall 2,a bottom 3 and the two side walls 1 and 5 which terminate at the openend 6. The teeth 7, 7 may be fastened to the forward edge of the bucketbottom, as usual in scraper buckets.

The numeral 8 indicates a bail which is hinged to the bucket exterior at9 and 10 and forward of the center of gravity thereof, said bail havingan eye 11 with which atraction and hoisting cable may be connected. Thenumeral 12 indicates a coupler bar rigidly fastened upright of and tothe exterior of the bucket rear wall 2 adjacent the middle thereof, theupper end of said bar projecting somewhat above or beyond the upper edgeof said wall. Numeral 13 indicates an aperture formed in the bar' 12adjacent the upper end thereof and adapted to serve as a guide for thecoupler link, as hereinafter described.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

Serial No. 236,081.

Numeral 14: indicates a coupler link connected at its forward end to thebail eye 11 by the link eye 15, and having its opposite end slidablyarranged within the coupler bar aperture 13, the latter being somewhatlonger than the width of said link to permit of substantial verticalplay therein by said link. The link 14 is provided with a plurality ofundercut hook members 16 and 17 on its upper edge, said hooks beingundercut to correspond with the sloping face 18 of the bar 12, the hook16 being formed adjacent a handle member 19.

Numeral 20 indicates a pile of material to be handled, such as coal,above which a carrier member 21 is adapted to operate back and forthupon a carrier cable 22 and to which are connected suitable carriertraction cables 23 and 24: for moving said carrier. Numeral 25 indicatesa bucket traction and elevating cable extending over a pulley in thecarrier 21, thence over a bucket pulley 26, thence over another pulleyin said carrier, and thence to a suitable source of power. In Fig. 5 thebucket 1 is shown in three positions, viz: a, which is preliminary tofilling it; 1), its position after being filled; and 0, its positionafter being filled and elevated for transportation by the carrier 21.

In operation, the bucket 1 is placed in position a and the hook 16 isengaged by the operator with the sloping bar face 18 and maintaineduntil the bucket begins to move by the draft of the cable 25, asindicated in Fig. 1. Thereupon, the bucket is drawn forward by thetraction cable as a scraper and filled, being moved forward until it issubstantially below the carrier 21 and at position b. If the cable draftis steady up to this point the engagement of the hook 16 is maintainedwith the bar face 18. Otherwise, the operator must maintain suchengagement. Thereafter, and when the bucket arrives in position b, thebail 8 swings backward, the link 14 being carried therewith. Thereupon,the operator engages hook 17 with the bar portion 18 and holds suchengagement until the hoisting power commences to elevate the bucket,from which point the hook engagement is maintained by the weight of thebucket and contents, said bucket thereafter assuming a positionsubstantially as indicated by c in Fig. 5. Thereafter, the bucket iscarried horizontally by the carrier 21 until the place of deposit isreached when it is lowcred into contact with the ground, or the pile ofmaterial. alreadydeposited, whereby the hook 17 is disengaged from thebar face 18. Thereupon, the bucket is again elevated a bail; a couplermembercarriedbythe rear end of the bucket and provided-With r v S v anoverhanging abutment; and a coupler link movably connected with the bailaiild adapted to effect a "disengag'eable hook @611} nection with saidcoupler 'inen br abutment 7 from beneath 'samefsaid hook connectionbeing maintained draft oii saidflink aiid automatically disengagedtvherfidraft 'oii' said link ceases. 2. In a bucket of the characterdescribed,

a bail; a couplerineinberearried by there's? end of the bucket pr(';vid'ed an Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by1 i e 1 1. 7, D. 6 91! overhanging abutment, said abutment beingprovided with an inclined or sloping face; and a coupler link movablyconnected With said bail and provided With a hook member adapted to bedisengageably connected with said inclined abutment from beneath same,said hook connection being maintained by draft on said link andautomaticallydisen gage'd When'drafton said link ceases.

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aperture; said link.

